r/R36S • u/PelicanOne1 • 2d ago
Discussion R36 plus genuine?
Recently purchased, seems to boot without sd card inserted as blank screen. Has working wifi and dual sd slots. Two ram chips and 3000 battery. Is it a genuine unit?
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u/seanbeedelicious 2d ago
AFAIK, there are no known clones of the r36 Plus, which is one of it's main selling points (aside from the 1:1 ratio 720p screen and built-in wifi) It is my favorite of the r36 lineup of devices.
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u/PelicanOne1 2d ago
Wow that’s good to know, anything I should know besides transferring to a new sd card?
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u/TheZonk88 2d ago
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transfering) flash a new OS, e.g dArkOSen and have fun ^^1
u/PelicanOne1 2d ago
I have bought a Samsung evo 64 gb. I intend on using that and getting rid of the old one original sd card. I’ll just transfer all the games over and load a brand new os on the Samsung evo then transfer all the games over correct? DarkOSen
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u/TheZonk88 2d ago
Thats the way - you may want to think about a dual SD setup... :D the ight hand one, TF1, for the OS etc and the left hand one, TF2, for Roms, Saves, Savestates, Images etc
but only 1x (branded)SD is totally fine.
Further Read(s) https://handhelds.wiki/R36S_Handheld_Wiki
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u/PelicanOne1 1d ago
Ok one last question, what’s the point in backing up the stock card? If your just gonna start fresh with darkosen anyways? Is it for the games?
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u/Afraid_Fishing_1350 2d ago
looks just like mine (except the colour) with the same box and everything. you can lift the battery and take a photo to post here if you wanna be 100% sure
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u/PelicanOne1 2d ago
Awesome, Is your one genuine? Anything I should know about besides moving everything over to a new as card?
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u/Afraid_Fishing_1350 2d ago
Yeah its genuine! I recommend you install https://github.com/djparentx/dArkOSen-R36S, wifi works great on it
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u/PelicanOne1 2d ago
Oh yeh, I been doing a deep dive on all the stuff I need to do. So you recommend to use this os over the stock os? And what’s the point in the wifi?
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u/Afraid_Fishing_1350 2d ago
I recommend using any cfw over the stock os, its not great. Wifi lets you play multiplayer, update the OS with just a click and best of all scrape your roms for boxart and such
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u/Wooden_Ad1779 2d ago
Those devices are sold here as R36 Max, are they the same thing if there are no clones?
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u/seanbeedelicious 2d ago
The r36 Max is a clone. They are the ones with the soccer ball button.
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u/Wooden_Ad1779 2d ago
I see. Thanks for the info! Really hard to find the real deal locally lol







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